Business
I chatted with Habib Fanny, sock connoisseur, Quora top-writer, and author of A Gazelle Ate My Homework, and we discussed: 3:10 - What originally drew him to Quora, and how he got started contributing to that site.7:37 - How writing about atheism helped him build his initial following. 12:33 - How writing consistently has forced him to adjust his writing style and made him a more compelling storyteller. 16:45 - His process for finding questions and topics to write about. 25:11 - The story behind his first book, Let’s Talk Politics. 31:58 - How he used stories that he shared on Quora in order to develop his memoir, A Gazelle Ate My Homework. 35:56 - The process for translating short stories and posts on Quora into much longer, memoir-length pieces. 43:52 - Who should be using Quora (and who shouldn’t be). 48:12 - Why he doesn’t think he could repeat his success today. 51:54 - On his strange infatuation with socks. 53:18 - Why Quora is perhaps his favorite investment of time and energy over the years. Items we chatted about:Follow Habib on Quora. https://www.quora.com/profile/Habib-FannyHis book, A Gazelle Ate my Homework on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0849Q463D/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1His answer, What were the main reasons for the American Civil War? https://www.quora.com/What-were-the-main-reasons-for-the-US-Civil-War/answer/Habib-Fanny?ch=10&share=b5411a7a&srid=dMmV** If you enjoyed the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It’ll take you approximately 37-seconds, and is a HUGE boost for us in terms of landing hard-to-reach guests. For a curated list of my favorite episodes, go to mikekilcoyne.com/podcastAnd sign-up for my newsletter at mikekilcoyne.com for weekly emails and insights on how to leverage creativity in this post-pandemic world.